A place to discuss stuff that's not gaming related.

Among other things, if youre going to be out for any length of time, a note here to let me know would be nice.
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Off to my sisters this weekend so while i may have a netbook with me, i wont have all my nifty software to make maps or the rules with  me.

Got to the range before the black powder / civil war guys shut it down for the weekend, yay!

Bad news is, now I gotta get that reloading stuff... Shot some of the custom, match-grade ammo the guy I bought the rifle from made. Good news is, using this stuff, at 100 yards, if I were shooting 3 shots at a quarter, two would be in the date and one would part George's hair. well- maybe 3 quarters, because there just wouldn't be a whole lot left after hitting one the first time. ;)

Still psyched about the rifle. I was sooo disappointed in it, it was all over the place- then I discovered the scope was loose, I had to start all over sighting it in, but now I can hit with it! :D

It's funny how different guns like to eat different ammo. Everyone swears by 150 grain .30-'06 bullets, but this one- it wants 168 grain. 165 are decent, and the Winchester is a little better than the Remington as far factory ammo- but man, those Hornady A-max bullets! He told me his secret, too, he seats the bullets about as far out as possible, so far it's even a bit tough closing the action. You actually start the bullet in the rifling like that, and there's no jump from casing to barrel, and it makes a huge difference. Of course, hey're so long you can't acually fit them in the magazine, and you have to use the rifle as a single-shot then... but small problem, especially since lots of ranges are single-load only, anyhow.

OK, am I done boring you with gun talk? Let me know if you want more, I'll try and keep it down low. ;)

I know very little about guns.  Never fired one.  I know a few friends who like to shoot at the range, a pity they're not around i'm sure they'd be able to chit chat with you on the topic in a swimming manner.

Me.  I'm on the shallow end of the knowledge pool on the topic i'm afraid.

Aren't guns the first point and click interfaces?

I only ever fired a revolver and everyone at the range thought it was funny to let me do that one handed. My wrist didn't like that the 'expert' gunmen did.

Yeah, if you come out near Michigan, let me know, snowy. We'll get you shooting all sorts of things. ;) Plan on making a day of it. :) Where's your sister live, anyhow?

Greg- Sounds like they gave you a large caliber revolver, and tried to make you the butt of a joke. That's not right because a) it's a dangerous thing and you just don't mess around, and b) you can really hurt your muscles / tendons and stuff, if it was just a bruise or something that'd be different, but if you went to the doctor for a torn ligament how'd they feel? Those 'experts' are idiots, pardon me if they're your friends, but they should know better. You just don't mess around.

In fact, if anyone wants to go shooting in Michigan, let me know. We'll work something out. I do a lot of shooting in the backyard, and I live right down the road from the Sportsman's Club range. I go there for the high power rifle, I don't like the idea of the bullets wizzing off for a couple of miles if I miss in the backyard. Shotguns, pistols, and the .22 I do all in the backyard, although I'm going to be setting up a log with a flat top for cans and such down at the range, I don't like shooting cans with the .22 because I don't have a good backstop. And .22 is the cheapest and easiest thing to shoot, too, so it's kind of the one you want to have fun and shoot up the cans and stuff.

At sisters... no rules...

gaming questions will have to wait till i get home.

Sowwy.

Ah, right. I of course just asked you one. Silly me.

Anyhow, how's it going? Having fun, decent trip so far, no construction on the way? (And if you say yes, I can narrow down at least one state you never drove through. :P )

Tell sis I said Hi. ;)

Tried to get to character sheets (really did), but Hubbie was home today and that kept me a little busy.  Did net us a fourth player, yea for that.

Will give character sheets a harder look tomorrow.

:) It's all good. Those damn husbands mess everything up. Want want want, gimme gimme gimme. I know the type... :P

<sarcasm>
On the other hand, mine is EXCELLENT for putting things up high.
</sarcasm>

Even with my step, I can't hope to reach where he puts things.

Hmm... Too bad that doesn't work for hiding things at my house, my wife and 14 year old daughter are both 5'10", and the 12 year old isn't far behind. I'm 6'3", but that's just not enough to hide stuff from them. (Then again, 10'3" might not be enough...)  ;)

I'm 4'11"
Hubby is 6'2"
There's a whole world up there I have never seen.

I've got an inch on Caitlin it seems, but her husband has like four inches on mine, so i know the feeling.

Shopping is always fun, he's easy to spot, but he says i'm like a submarine and always a challenge to keep up with since i vanish behind racks of clothing or shelves of goods.

At 6'4" I use the upper shelves for my stuff and my wife uses the lower shelves for her stuff ;)

Mine hides the cookies high. I'm diabetic so it's with good reason...but sometimes you just NEED cookies and its frustrating to have to climb onto the counter to get them.

Clothes shopping is next to impossible when you're our height. I think they think petite women are 6 inches taller than me.

Luckily the one this I need to hide from her I make sure just isn't in the apartment at all  which is nuts/tree nuts that she is deadly allergic to, carrying aroudn an adreniline pen and all should she go into anaphylactic shock from a reaction to them.

And while not imposible to find clothing it is quite a pain for us tall peeps too...

What now? Showing skin is perfectly acceptable.

lol, truth

Tell him it's not a height thing. It's a woman thing,my wife does that, too. ;)

Definitely. I'm just waiting for the whole cholesterol / high blood pressure thing to ruin my food enjoyment.
And I never understood how women's clothes can have a size in one direction. If you're really tall, you need to wear fat people clothes, and if you're really short, you need to wear stick people clothes. If you're fat, you need to wear tll clothes, and so on... I mean, it just makes no sense whatsoever, and that's not even mentioning how none of it matches sizes from one brand or type to another. Calvin Klein jeans don't have the same sizes as Levi's, and even Calvin Klein shirts are probably different from their own jeans!

Maybe for Caitlin or Pegasus, I'd agree. You probably don't want to see my white, pasty belly sticking out, though...  :P

Yeah prolly don't want to see that white, pasty belly Tony so we'll leave that to the others maybe.

While my wife can disappear behind things I know her proclivities so it's easy to track her down when I've got a view over just about anything.

Okay i'm off to bed then.  nite nite peeps

Good morning.

Madainn mhath!

Hm.  Tony's been offline for less than 36 hours, feels longer the way you guys pace though.  Will let pass till tommorow.

General rule of the thumb, if you've been missing for longer than 24 hours game master reserves the right to move the game along with out you and will assign your character to a player, or just NPC them.

It's all good. Got busy at work and home, I'd expect an NPC session whenever deemed needed. I've played with Pegasus long enough I think she knows she can do that and I won't get mad, but I will say- she probably won't kill your character if she does. Some GMs are just mean when they have to take the reins, she does sensible stuff even if it might not be your first choice. (See- I do nonsensical stuff as a rule, so it's never my first choice. :P )

I think the 24 hour rule is a good one. To many games die cause you end up waiting for others. On that note id like to add a breathing pause in case someone in a scene is not posting 20 times a day is nice to so they dont feel left out.

The whole scene with Baily for example had been revolved without me even getting a post in. Now i don't mind it on occasion but if thats the general rule that would suck.

Got some cool new stuff. Which means I need to clean the basement out to make room. Whereupon I found the boiler leak. So after I fix the boiler, I might as well prep it for winter and do the spring stuff I didn't get to yet. Then I can clean. Then set up my neat new gear. Then learn how to use it so I don't blow myself up. Then I'll have time to use it as an occasional hobby. ;)

And busy as always at work. Should be out on a job now, in fact... :P

Off to dentist in a little while, no updates from me today i'm afraid.  I'm not a fan of dentist.

Oh God, I am petrified of them.....good luck!

Smile for the camera... :P

Good luck. I'll be around when you're back, 10 hour days means Fiday off. Except, an hour berofe Q time they asked if I wanted to work Friday and Saturday. Don't tell my wife I said no... :P

I'll try to make sure others get to post, too. Sorry. I was on vacation, and had tons of time, now I'm busy and have just a little. Kind of a roller coaster for me, I guess.

On another topic, I finally got everything fixed / cleaned out enough to set up my reloading stuff. Made a box of hunting rounds for the rifle, and got 1 1/2" groups at 100 yards. I'm pretty happy with that. I can get a little smaller, probably, but about halfway through I got impatient building them, and took some shortcuts. I knew how much time I had, and to get out to the range today, I had to hurry it along. The first set I took more time on worked better, so presumably if I take the time, they'll all work that well. I have some match-grade bullets to load, too, but they're not recommended for hunting medium game, like deer. They tend to disintigrate and not penetrate enough. So I'm thinking of seeing how accurate I can get the hunting compared to the match grade, but there's not too much of a difference, honestly. They're both scary accurate when I take the time. I can hit something the size of a mouse at the length of a football field every time. ::Happy Dance::

On a completely unrelated note too

I'll probably be afk for most of Friday.
My citizenship interview is then :-)

So noted.

Citizen review?

I take mine for grant being born where i live and all,  Those things are a pain from what little i know about them.  Good luck.

Which country?

its funny. To become a citizen in the netherlands new citizens are supposed to know the anthem.

80% of the dutch people don't know it themselves.

I'm becoming an American :-)

My wife will be doing the same soon enough.  All that crazy paperwork, lol.

It's the end to a very long road started in 2000

I'm kinda hoping I get to do the oath on the same day.
My interview instructions did say dress formally.

In reply to Caitlin Mallory (msg #40):

Omigosh, why would you want to be an American?

I'm pretty sure everyone in the world hates us.

For many many reasons.

Suffice it to say, I would rather be part of a polity where some rights are guaranteed and extended to cover me. Also, it's easier to get a job as a citizen (I'm employed as an agency worker now, but full time permanent employment has evaded me since my arrival in the US), plus I would no longer be in a obligation to my parents in law as they acted as my guarantors when I came over.

All in all, many reasons, in addition to just wishing to be part of somewhere and belong.

Apologies, I've been putting alot of time into setting the mechwarrior game up that i've neglected another campaign i'm responsible for.  I'm going to do the right thing and concentrate on them today, and put this game on the backburner for a day.

I feel so neglected. *cries and makes a pouty face*

I repeat... I'm still not looking at equipment till EVERYONE has a complete character.  Keep doing what youre doing i'm sure i'll ask for it eventually just not now.

Sheesh, I go away for one day and you can see the tumbleweeds roll in this game.

I swear in as a US citizen on Wednesday :-)

I'm dealing with a shortage of game masters in my pathfinder campaign...

Like a third of them are effectively AWOL, and another will go on hiatus in another month or so.  I'm a little distracted with damage control over there.

Still keeping an eye on the game over here though.  Waiting on comments for the base resource allocation and who whats to use this part or that part of the base for something.  If you dont care say so and i'll move on.

Inevitably when theres a fire fight here, how well prepared you are will reflect the thought you put into it now.

Congrats on th whole citizen thing. Seems to me, those who aren't appreciate it a lot more, especially those who work to become so.

What country are you native of, if you don't mind the question?

I take mine for granted, i admit it.

(Good luck with your interview.  I'm sure you'll do fine.)

uh, from Ireland, originally (Republic of), though I've spent most of my adult life before the US in Scotland.

*waves politely* Base organisation is really "the biscuit"'s job. My distinct lack of tactics training means I am useless and I'm only a PFC. Expect me to dig myself a foxhole and stay there.


I need to come up with good nicknames for everyone else.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:31, Sat 30 July 2011.

Pc died not sure when ik back

IC my job, yes. OOC, I want suggestions as I'm not really a military officer IRL. Haven't even been a non-comm for about 20 years, so I have a few vague ideas of the way it should be, and even those are rusty and likely not the best. however, even those rusty ideas might have no relationship whatsoever to Peg's RPing universe.

So- all suggestions gratefully accepted. Since she's allowing you to have a role in deciding your futures, I suggest you take it. I won't mind if you don't, but I fully expect no complaints from anyone who doesn't speak up. Even dumb ideas are better than no ideas, and I honestly don't expect any of those. (Ignorant ideas, maybe, but that's completely different and I don't even mind those.)

You do realize, when anyone asks me why you call me that, the answer is going to be "It's British for Cookie. She just wants to eat me up, she thinks I'm so sweet." :P

Let me congratulate you on your citizenship, even if it's not official until Wednesday, it's all complete but the song. I just told my daughter yesterday, if I were a teacher in one of those schools where they don't allow you to force the kids to say the pledge of allegience, I'd stand up every day and say, "Those who are proud to be Americans please join me. Those who aren't, sit down and shut up." :P (Probably couldn't do that either, but I'd sure try.)

well, I've never been in the military EVER, though to be fair, most people I've RPed with over the years have been soldiers.

I'm really looking forward to it. A culmination of many years of happiness :-) I think I'm barely going to be able to say the words as I'll be crying my heart out.

You don't need to have experience to have common sense or good ideas. Speak up if you think of something.

Good job, I guess is all I can say. My grandpa was naturalized, somehow I don't think he had to give up his other 2 citizenships but I'm not real clear on that. I do know, it's a lot of work, you done good. :D Where are you in the US? just curious, sometimes around here they televise it on an obscure cable channel, I might actually be able to watch you.

I'm in Minnesota.

I know I have to give up Irish citizenship in eyes of US to be a citizen, but I don't think the likes of Ireland or the UK or more than a few other countries recognise the US's right to take away their citizenship. So I may end up being dual, though I am committing to be American.

International Law is a strange thing.

Perhaps that's how it worked with my gramos, too. He had dual citizenship (born on a boat from Poland to Canada, got both) then naturalized to American. And probably had to rescind his citizenship but like you said. (I wonder if it's US or individual who does that? Like you said, law is wierd.)

Do you know Shannara? One of the mods here who helps run the place (a lot) lives in / near the twin cities. Good people, send her an r-mail and tell her Brandon (one of my character names) said Hello.

Anyhow, I know they won't broadcast it in Detroit, so I won't see you crying or flub up or anything, so no pressure. ;)

I don't know Shannara, I knew she was in MN, but I am based in Med City, can only make it up to the twin cities once in every three months or so.

And.....I cried my little heart out and I wasn't the only one. So many people there, 631 in all. Most coming from tragic circumstances and escaping fearful conditions back in the place that used to be their home.

I was kind of hacked off at one thing, they listed all the countries of origin for all the people who were at the ceremony, they did not include the Republic of Ireland. I wonder if it was because I was such a late addition to the people there, or if they erroneously thought I was part of the UK. My cert is printed with the correct details though.

Registered to vote already, tomorrow is Social Security office, and then once that's done passport.

SO many things left to do.

Oh is Ireland a country? Isnt it just a vassal province of Great britain? :-p

Wait- aren't there two of those? One is and one ain't, right? :P

*kicks Asgard and the Captain inna shins*

Ow! *dances around*

Have a nice vaca, Amos.

So, if anyone ever comes out to Michigan, make sure you give me a shout out. If you have time and think I'm enough of a non-creep to actually want to see or talk to, that is. ;) Last guy on vacation in Michigan forgot I was here, dumbo. (Yes, I believe him, he's the sort who would tell you to your face he doesn't like you.)

I'm off to the range in a little while to try my new rifle loads. Ever since I was a teenager, I wanted to reload for rifles, but it was so expensive. When I found this deal, a guy at work sold me about $2000 worth of stuff for $300, including the very same model reloading press I used to drool over, I jumped on it. Now I'm having fun. The detail work of building a scale model, the mechanical tinkering of precision machinery, the competitiveness of target shooting (although I pretty much just try to beat my own best), all rolled up with things going 'boom'. Man, can it get any better? :P I mean, the perfect 'guy sport' for those who don't want to sweat a lot. Plus, you can even drink a cold drink while you're doing it! (I don't drink alcohol, but for most of these things I'd strongly suggest against a cold beer anyhow.)

If anyone does come out here, if you want to, free training and use of pistol, rifle, shotgun, if you like. We can start with the smaller stuff, I have lower powered versions of all three.

Just so you know, I did the coolest shot ever yesterday. I actually shot a hornet from 100 yards! :D Too cool.

(It picked the wrong piece of paper to walk across... just happened to have me sighted in with one of my best loads, and all I needed to was wait until he crossed the bull's eye to pull the trigger.)

You know what they say. If theres no picture it didn't happen ;-)

But.... but... I don't have a camera on the rifle... :(

;)
I don't care. It happened, and you can not believe it. I'm just too psyched to let you get me down, you old drunkard. :P

I also discovered why my shots are going wild. Who knew metal doesn't include copper? I bought some cleaning solvent that cleans out 'metal fouling', only to discover copper from the bullet jackets was building up in the barrel and ruining accuracy. I guess metal only includes lead for that company... Anyhow, easy fix, one of the top 3 things for copper cleaning is plain old ammonia, $3 a quart at the hardware store (janitor strength, but from the close one in town so I could probably get it cheaper in a year when I run out). It doesn't do real well for cleaning other stuff, but since I got that nice gun solvent that does everything except copper, it's all good.

So if any of you have a rifle, make sure you use the real smelly cleaner, otherwise the copper is galling off into the pores and you really can't see it, it's almost microscopic. Although mine got so bad, I was seeing shavings actually falling out, but then that's how I figured out the stupid cleaner means 'any metal we mean, not any any metal'. :P

"__________ remains the most widely used remover of powder, lead, metal fouling, & rust." I don't want to say the brand name, because it's really good stuff, honestly, but it doesn't specifically say copper, and I should have known better. I'm more ticked at me than them, but tell me- does it sound like it should do that to you, or am I just gullible?

Just thought some here might be interested.

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GURPS X-com

(Sorry, some real life issues distracting me at the moment.  Will resume with game shortly as home life resolves.)

Will be here. Hope it's just one of those busy / confusing things, and nothing too bad. Like your hubbie stole the computer chair to use for a footrest... :P

im going in for surgery today. should be just a minor thing and i'll be going home directly afterwards. with my luck of late though i assume they mess up badly so might poof for a bit.

Good luck, pulling for you. ;)

O.o

Surgery is never minor.  Good luck with that though.

If Snowy doesn't mind, I'd like to put a plug in for a game I'm thinking of running, and one I've started. One is Fantasy (old school), the other is Sci-Fi (relatively modern).
This message was last edited by the player at 08:11, Thu 08 Sept 2011.

I dont mind, ask around in the twilight game even, that game has alot more people.

Looks like you have a typo though, you should include links to the forum.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:37, Wed 07 Sept 2011.

I don't know the people in Twilight- not that they aren't welcome, but I like all the people here, and they're all great gamers and mature people I think are great. That said, I trust you enough if you want to extend an invitation to them.

So-

I am running a Serenity / Firefly game on another site. The site is http://darkandmoodyforums.com . The game itself is http://darkandmoodyforums.com/...?board=Flax_Serenity .

I am also thinking of running the old Bloodstone Pass Saga, in 2nd Ed AD&D, on the same site. I'm not real sure right now about the timing, but this is one of my most favorite modules ever. It is battlesystem, and might actually turn out close to fantasy-style BT when run on PbP. I have a few people interested in this, but the timing is still vaguely 'in the future', as I still need to get the modules in my hot little hands from my friend.

Anyhow, you are invited to join, come see if you're interested. They know me as Flax there, if you feel like dropping a name. Please let me know one place or the other if you're interested i Bloodstone, so I have a vague feeling for how many people I need to accomedate if I do start it up.

I'm personally going to have to take a pass.  I think i have my hands full at the moment with various pet projects.  I'm not familiar with any of that stuff, aside from having seen the Serenity movie.

It's all good. :) Like I said, I don't even have the other game up yet. I didn't think you were that much into fantasy anyhow, IIRC.

And seeing the movie is probably good enough, for those that were wondering. A little more work for me getting things into game terms, but you can still play and have fun.

um... Family/DVD night, so auction results might be a little late, you have till we finish the DVD to get bids in.

Hey something for you experts to look at. Seems someone wants to run a game and is looking for advice.

link to a message in another game

Are any of you web designers?  If so, I would like you to take a look at my website and make suggestions.  I am going back to school after 31 yrs away and taking Network Technician and Network Security.  One of my classes is web design and it put me in the mind to start a web site.  the URL is www.uvenata.com
I am open to any suggestions anyone has.

In reply to Cprl. Devlin Masters (msg #78):

It's a pretty basic looking html based website.  A starter sort that they teach you to make with notepad.  Nothing wrong with that mind you, though you'll learn to use tables and graphics mapping soon enough.

When you learn to use frames it'll be a step up on website design.
Take a look at...
http://www.quackit.com/html/examples/frames/

Thank you.  That's the kind of stuff I'm looking forward to learning.  It's tough changing careers after this long but at least I like computers.  :-)

If you know the tables they use on RPOL, it's a step up.  You can manipulate them on website to arrange stuff too.  The pain is that different browsers treat different code differently and what might work in one browser will be a mess in another.

The simplier the code the less likely it is to foul up, though the simplier the code, the less fancy the website is too.  I'm only slightly ahead of you on website design, i was tinkering around with trying to get mouse over working and to hooking up a forum to my website when i gave up on it.

This was for a warcraft guild i was a part of.  It uses frames.

http://www.angelickitten.com/wow/index.htm
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:31, Mon 12 Sept 2011.

Favorite IS mech in 3055 book?
Favorite Clan Mech in 3055 book?

Just seeing what other people pick.

3055?

Hell I've never had a game make it past the beginning of the Clan invasion let alone further in :P

Well I'll stand corrected, one game started in 3067 but the game itself never really went anywhere so I consider that a moot point as there never was anything done really.

That said I'll take a peer.

Clan: Vixen
IS: Tarantula

All in all, lotsa crap in that book.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:52, Tue 13 Sept 2011.

I seriously stopped paying attention shortly after the clan invasion.  The game got really silly after that imho.

Oh.  The PDF, talking to Tony quietly in private about it, he's not coming back to the game but discussing the rules a little to make sure it's clear and what needs clarifying is a good thing.

Any comments on what needs fixing?

I totally agree that the book was full of a lot of crap. However. you did pick the Clan Mech that is my favorite, although the Clan Wolf variant of the Gallahad is very nice as well.

As for the IS I went with the Naginata. You might think that it is under armored for such a big mech, but also note that it is meant to be a Command Mech that stays in the back with its C3 Master Computer. Given its long range Fire Support and Command role I think that it is the best IS mech in the book.

I also tend to completely dismiss any IS mech that utilizes an XL engine as they often cut the field life of a mech in half. Loose a Torso, loose the mech. :-P

XL engines sucked.  The odds of keeping a mech alive were greatly reduced, lose anything but an arm and the mech was toast.  They also were exorberent in cost, for economic based game masters (like myself) they never saw daylight.

In reply to Kitten (msg #86):

The number of times I have won a battle due to a mech that was running around with 3 MPL (1H, 2CT) and no R/L Torso's......always made my opponents ticked off.

I love putting fall back weapons down the center line

modification rules in this campaign are meant to be inexpensive, so they're doable, but you have to really think about what and how youre modifying.

Real life complications keeping me distracted.  Apologies, will try and get an update up soon. (not tonight)

Apologies, hubbie is stealing computer from me tonight when i was planning on working on maps for update.  Will try and get it done tomorrow morning, promise.

In reply to Kitten (msg #90):

Darn husbands...OOOPS, I am one of those darn husbands!

That's why I bought my wife her own laptop.  :-)

We have several computers in the house, so i'm still able to get on the internet, but all my graphic software, and all my RPOL maps are only on one computer.  I do that to make sure i dont lose stuff (i lose stuff all the time), but it gets inconvient if that computer is in use.

(It also has the scanner and color printer and stuff which was what he was using)

Thats why you have all computers on the same network and share those folders.

If the wifey is doing those damned casual games i plug in my laptop and still am able to watch movies and listen decent music instead of the crap radio and TV spits out all day.

Yeah, but i like working at my desk, and i had other things to do to free up my time, okay working on maps and stuff so expect an update within the hour.

Anyone else having problem with IE 9.0?
I didn't have the problem seeing the dice roller with Firefox... but with IE 9.0 it's crap :)

Works fine with Chrome and Safari.

I'll head home and test if this still happens on my home computer.
But the dice roller is still problematic with other games on rpol.


Cool!
I get to post something in the forum
LOL

Doing Green Card stuff with the wife today.  I don't imagine you'll need me to post much either here or in the Pathfinder but I'll be back home with access again later tonight Kitten.

Doing Green Card stuff with the wife today.  I don't imagine you'll need me to post much either here or in the Pathfinder but I'll be back home with access again later tonight Kitten.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA you are going through that process too?!!!!
Tis a major pain, we can share horror stories about the INS later.

At the very beginning.  Today was the fingerprints and photos...mind since she burned a finger slightly they may tell us to come back in 4 to 6 weeks if they can't get good ridge quality...

Which considering I drove 2 and a half hours to get to the place for a 7 minute process to turn around and drive us home for another 2 and a half hours...

Yeah.

I'm praying for little pain despite knowing it won't likely be little :)

well, good luck to the both-both of you :)

Migration rules stink!

At the time I got called for fingerprints they said...

"ok, we can do you in Chicago in 4 months, or you could go to Indiana and have it done in two weeks"

So....off we set to Indiana.

It's ridiculous really....the hoops and things you have to jump through.

I'm just glad they didn't say that the only place we can print you in are the ports of call that you entered via airlines making us drive like 8-10 hours to hit those offices.

Half of you guys know this already, since youre in my pathfinder game, but i've started a deviant art website.

Thought the other half might be interested, Devlin in particular since he wanted to see more stuff about websites.

This is more of the sort of website youre handed and you build from what's given to you.  No smart arse remarks, i dont usually cross my interest like this :P

http://angelic-kitten-art.deviantart.com/
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:44, Tue 27 Sept 2011.

In reply to Kitten (msg #106):

I will be in Dallas for the next 6 days. Posting will likely be less than often.

for you who want more. heres one doing an interest check for a BM game.

link to a message in another game

I will be vacationing until late Saturday night.  Will check back when I can until Sunday

caught something, cold or flu, cold i think.

Feels like I died, then got dragged back to life by a shaggy soaked cat.

ick.  sure blame the cat.

sorry to hear youre under the weather Camille.  We're in a little bit of bookkeeping and roleplaying for now.  I have two potential follow up scenarios, but theres room for other options if the players are feeling 'inventive' during the roleplaying briefing.

lol, i love cats, and hy this one dragged me back to life ;)

kitten, it's not like i am going to make this a habit, but could you spread the love for the 3 xp i am supposed to assign, i'm feeling really crappy, and would really prefer to be under my covers rather than reading the entirity of an extended thread, which i would need to do to assign those xp fairly.

no.  they're 'player' awarded experience.

no worries though, feel better, youve got a whole week to assign it, or you could just assign it to who you think is coolest in the unit.

last day to get your experience awards in is 10/21.  It's a good number of days to jot down three names for awards.  (same day that the new auction ends, i'll do the bookkeeping together.)

i will resolve the experience early if all the players get their numbers in early though.  So far i have numbers for Devlin and Gregory.

I can be patient and wait for numbers from
Amos, Thanos, Crispin, Camille and Caitlin.
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:41, Mon 17 Oct 2011.

okay.
I'll try and get around to it today then, so I don't forget.

No worries, still early, still waiting for alot of people.

I've already calcualted and handed out piles of experience and the Cbill pay out and made up the new auction thingy.

As i see it, if players cant write three names down to give out three experience, i'm quite willing to consider it lost experience.

true enough, I'll give you some names.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:43, Mon 17 Oct 2011.

Remember Nate is an NPC and not legit to receive player awarded experience.  Please post votes in the M2 thread, and use the December xx, Hoff thread for tactical planning/roleplaying.

oh damn, thought it was a good reason though :P

In reply to MW Camille Sforza (msg #119):

Maybe if youre Gregory, i didnt know Camille was such a lush.

I think she needs a beer right now, after having seen her unit get turned to scrapmetal and then trekkin through relatively hostile lands for a while.

I'm posting this here because the Game related OOC is closed.

Just a note.
For today's infantry, they have 3 loadouts:
Fighting Loadout--Not to exceed 48lbs or 21kgs
Approach March Loadout--Not to exceed 72lbs or 32kgs
Emergency March Approach--120 to 150lbs or 54 to 68kgs

Below is listed a Combat Riflemans Loadout for Fighting

The Modern Warrior’s Combat Load--Dismounted Operations in Afghanistan
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• Socks.
• Tactical gloves.
• Interceptor Body Armor with two Small Arms Protective Inserts.
• Advanced Combat Helmet with night vision mounting plate.
• Rigger belt.
• Notebook and pen.
• Watch.
• Knee and elbow pads.
• Sun, Sand, and Dust type Goggles or Wiley-X Goggles.
• Folding Knife/Multi-tool.
B. Worn on Fighting Load Carrier/Interceptor Body Armor:
• MOLLE Fighting Load Carrier with modular MOLLE pouches.
• 180 rounds of 5.56mm ball ammunition.
• Bayonet.
• Fragmentation grenade.
• 64 ounces of water in two 1-quart canteens.
• 100 ounces of water in a hydration bladder.
• Casualty and witness cards.
• Flex cuffs for personnel under custody.
• Night vision equipment (PVS-14/PVS-7).
• Iodine tablets.
• Lensatic compass.
• Flashlight.
• Chemlight.
• First Aid dressing and pouch.
• Canteen Cup.
• Earplugs.
• Internal Communications Radio (ICOM)

March Load is all that plus

C. Carried in Assault Rucksack:
• MOLLE Assault Rucksack or commercial assault rucksack, with MOLLE attachments.
• 500ml intravenous fluids bag with starter kit.
• 70 ounces of water in a second hydration bladder.
• Two Meals, Ready to Eat (MREs).
• Poncho and/or Bivy Sack.
• Poncho liner.
• Undershirt.
• Spare batteries.
• Two pair of socks.
• Polypropylene or silk long sleeve undershirt.
• M4/M16 Rifle Cleaning Kit.
The Modern Warrior’s Combat Load--Dismounted Operations in Afghanistan
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• Personal hygiene kit.
• Rubber gloves.
• Sling rope with two snap links.
D. Carried in Main Rucksack: (Main rucksacks were rarely taken on operations during
study)
• MOLLE main rucksack with Sleeping Bag Carrier or Large ALICE rucksack.
• Modular Sleeping Bag (one bag per two men).
• Long Polypropylene Underwear of Fleece Jacket and Bibs.
• Two Undershirts.
• Two pairs of socks.
• Cold Weather Gloves.
• Knit/Fleece Cap.
• Additional ammunition.
• Two Meals, Ready to Eat (MREs).
• Sleeping pad.

AND to add to the above

Special Equipment:
• Map (A).
• Aerial Photographs (A).
• Whistle (B).
• Concussion grenade (B).
• Smoke grenade (B).
• Incendiary grenade (B).
• Global Positioning System (B).
• Lock pick (B).
• Collapsible Riot Baton (B).
• Infrared Strobe Light. (B).
• Bolt cutters (C or D).
• Metal detecting wand (C or D).
• 60mm mortar round (C or D).
• Star Cluster (C or D).
• VS-17 Panel (C or D).
• Ground Control Laser Pointer.
Fighting Loa
This message was last edited by the player at 12:26, Mon 05 Dec 2011.

Don't know if any of you are interested but I am starting a Zombie game.  Looking for players.

link to another game

No map :(

You're 'enroute', you show up in a turn.

wow.  my book keeping has been uncharacteristically 'bad'.

Okay just went through all the missions to date, and stuff 'earned' as of Mission 4, are listed here...

Message #2
link to a message in this game

I've offered to level everyone rework their characters using the optional method in the PDF.  This offer expires this weekend, and i'll have a clear conscience that youre happy the way things sit to move forward from here.

Amos and Thantos are now on the board and may roll intiative and participate in the other phases.

Crispin also ID's the Javelin, being withing 16 hexes of his mech.

Roll your mental check.  =P

ummm... what do you mean "level"?

Ahhh, cool's will do.  In your little blub it only mentioned that in that phase that you ID mechs ;)

22:22, Today: 2nd Lt. Crispin McAlister rolled 6 using 2d6. Mental ID Javelin.

In reply to 2nd Lt. Crispin McAlister (msg #131):

Standard Javelin - 1N with the (2) SRM6's

Nasty infighter, though it's got a glass jaw, and cant take a hit from anything heavy.

In reply to MW Camille Sforza (msg #130):

Typo.

I meant i offered to let player rework their characters using the optional method listed in the pdf.

You get 25 less experience doing it that way, but it's alot more flexible, and you get better use out of the perks, which can help make up for it.

Unless I'm mistaken there is no point difference between optional and original.  I can build Crispin using either and come to the same original result.

Original
Gun    4+
Pilot  5+
Mental 7+ used 25 xp to buy down to 6+
Edge 0
Tech -Use 1 2ndLT
Tech -Fix 1 2ndLT
Tech -R&D

Start with no options 4+5+/7+ and 25 xp to use as wish, in his case used to buy down mental.

Optional
Gun    4+ 200xp
Pilot  5+ 100xp
Mental 6+  50xp to start at 6+
Edge 0
Tech -Use 1 2ndLT
Tech -Fix 1 2ndLT
Tech -R&D


Unless of course I'm totally missing XP that I didn't know I had :)
This message was last edited by the player at 03:50, Wed 07 Dec 2011.

P9.  Optional rules...  350 experience anyway you like it.


p3.  Pre-made archetype

Cost
200 for main ability
100 for sec. ability
 25 for tet. ability
25 for first perk
350 total.

Hmm... You're right.  Originally i had the optional rule set to 325 points, but decided that i didnt want to penalize players trying for a 'theme'.

So... if youre happy you needn't change anything.  If you want to twink, twink.  You evidently are no worse off if you twink, and if you make good use of the perks, you might be notably better off.  You have to the end of the week.

---

Obvious twink change, for those of you that are only ever going to use lasers...
Drop your gunnery to 5+ to save 100 points
Spend 50 of it for your planned Laser perk which only costs you 50 points.
you now have 50 points to spend on stuff.  (other perks, or edge or what not?)
nets you an extra 50 points to spend.
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:25, Wed 07 Dec 2011.

Great... I'll think on changing the character that I have. Who knows. I might become a baron by the end of things :)

the maximum rating for any perk is 2 right?

In reply to MW Camille Sforza (msg #137):

Yes.

Level zero to ~> one will cost you 25 points
Level one to ~> two will cost you 50 points

so you can cap out a perk for 75 points.

Cost for the Laser perk is double though.  So 50 and 100 for the laser perk.

You know I feel totally inadequate that I didn't see that right off the bat for Wu.

*headdesk*

I was considering to raise noble to 2 and lazer to 1, but i think I will wait with the noble 2, there should be some story around that and making the change this way kind of implies that i've had it all along.

well... you have till the end of the week to fix that.

I made the rules, so i know the built in loopholes that i put in there to help concepts along.

The down side to this, is if youre ejected and with your slug thrower youre going to have tougher tn+ numbers.

If youre in a mech, that doesnt have alot of energy weapons, youre going to be feeling it.  If you can accept these 'down sides', it's an efficient way to earn 'equal' tn numbers and have a little left over for your other perks.

and Intiative perk is worth while, if you dont mind the harder physical attacks, or vice versa if you want good physical attacks but not intiative.

Infantry can look at a perk to increase their weight carrying... but does nothing for other physical aspects.  (like intiative, hit points, stealth, etc.)

Yes i know some of the infantry are feeling the weight cap :P
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:42, Wed 07 Dec 2011.

I used it for Althea :P

she had to be 3-3-3, since she couldn't be horrible at any of them.

In reply to Pvt. Althea McCormic (msg #142):

(nods)

The infantry and newer mech warriors are benefiting from the more efficient optional rules.  I didnt want the original players to suffer through the 'beta' version of the rules and not at least get a fair chance to re-stat using the more favorable rules.

dat edit!

yeah i feel the weight cap, I'm happy with my perks though, and the only reason i feel the perk is that i have to carry an extra 5 kilograms for this mission ;)

No real use to me.  All my perks are Tech and only real option would be to make my gunnery worse in order to free up 100xp that would drop my mental from 6 to 5 and pick up edge and the last tech in the tech tree.  Problem is I know what a Gunnery of 5 looks like.

So...  Crispin can...

Gun    5+ 100xp
Pilot  5+ 100xp
Mental 5+ 100xp

Laser 1  50xp
Perk  ?
You spend 350 xp and increase your rolls.  All of your perks are 'tech' so raising mental increases them all, as well as any other mental stuff you might use.  Your raven is all energy, so your gunnery isnt changing.  You have an empty perk, and 50 exp to spend at this point.  Intiative +1?  Tech use +1?  Edge +1 for the last 25 points?

etc etc.  The process is simple, but a little thought on the best way to do things can be a little deep for figuring out how to do what you want to do best.  You can definitely twink.
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:53, Wed 07 Dec 2011.

A gunnery 5, with a +1 for all lasers, shouldnt bother crispin if all he's ever going to use is laser.

i forcasted a strong demand in laser.

Though you could specialize in missiles too, then something like a commando/javelin/whitworth starts to look realy good.

regardless...

I think i've been pretty generous with the experience.  The mission experience is maybe a little slow, but giving you bumps for promotions, and through epithany auctions out helps, if you have the C-Bills to bid on it.

O.o

I think... i may roll up a character for myself to use.  For when the opportunity (i hope) comes along that some of you yahoos will give me a break for a mission or two, too BM, i can just sit back and play.
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:03, Wed 07 Dec 2011.

If I only want to be good at using the tech on the Raven.  Part of his flavor was that he was trained by the best at NAIS and was part of MI3.  He knows not only how to use tech but can dissect it and research it and put it back together again.  Hence him actually being a brighter mind than Pegan realizes he just isn't showing it yet cause he's been busy keeping himself alive.

Hell that lab that they are going to download data (or destroy) from was prolly something he would have used when they were still stationed there :P

True having a perk in a weapon system is the only way you can get down to the legendary 0 gunnery in the classic sense of Battletech, but a 2 is pretty damn hard to beat.  Even if we survive long enough to make it through a metric-shit-ton more stories and the Clans show up.  2's will give them a run for their money.  0's would have a better than average chance at wiping that smug smile off their faces.

Me on the other hand...I like myself a good Twinkie just like Tallahassee from Zombieland :P

well i was actually working with an eye on that stuff.

I actually wanted the perks to do really 'cool' things when you manage to get the tn's down to 1's and 2's.  I havent decided 'what' yet, mostly because it's a long way off.

For something like Missiles...
a tn 1+ might get +1 on number of missiles that hit.
a tn 0+ might get +2 on number of missiles that hit.

Something like that, because lets face it, if you can get the numbers that low, youve been at this for a long while.

Decided to bring Electra back.

Shes going to be a dispossed MW, that will bum around with Bravo, till you bring salvage back that she can actually bid on.

Hehehehehe.  Nice.

a few quick and dirty suggestions for what some perks could do as bonus benefits:

missiles: Clustered fire
+ 1 missile hit per rank.

Energy weapons: Effecient cycling
+1 heat per rank on target.
and/or: Thermal Focus
reduce total cost of firing all energy wepaons by 1 per rank
clarification: this means firing 1 ML would be at +2 heat with 1 rank, but firing 2 ML's would still be 5 heat, not 4 and so on, it subtracts from the total heat of energy fire, not every single weapons.
since it is at doubel cost i only feel it would be fair to hold both bonusses ;)

Projectiles: Unbalancing impact.
a penalty of 1 per rank on targets piloting checks for 1 full turn (ie: any checks caused by weapons fire or heat, and any checks during the next movement phase)

Initiative: Tactical prediction.
Even when you lose initiative you're not entirely outmanouvered.
Once per battle per rank, you may reposition yourself by X (decided by kitten, I'd suggest 3) after all movement is done, this move must be within your original movement range.

Trigger Happy: effecient storage
Your ammunitions compartments are designed to hold 1 extra salvo of ammo per rank.

Armor repair perk: Toughened Shell.
You reduce the total incoming damage per turn by 1 per rating in this perk, since your armor is made of slightly denser alloys.

-

Just a bunch of suggestions :)
This message was last edited by the player at 05:33, Wed 07 Dec 2011.

Well it's not just 'the perk', it's the godly skill of having a TN of 1+ and 0+, that should be really cool, because if youre that focused, it means you've capped the ability and the perk.  Some neat suggestions there, i want to make it 'cool' but not over powered, it'll be infrequent enough that i dont think i need hard and fast rules for it just yet.

Decided not to maker her dispossed.  There was the issue of making her infantry with no money, or making her mechwarrior with scads, and i decided i didnt want to be a noble (couldnt afford the perk), so i'm going for a Lyran from the prestigeous school of Skye.

No considered 'bright enough' to join the Skye Rangers, rather than join a house guard unit, 'Halo' has decided to take her commando out with her on the road to prove her worth as a Merc.  (scads of money, what you guys dont get in auction she will, to be fair about auctions, her bids will be 'open' so you'll know what you need to beat)
This message was last edited by the player at 13:21, Wed 07 Dec 2011.

No SRM for sure but she could pack a spare LAW for a single shot upset when she ejects.  At 4kg for something that may be able to finish off a vehicle or mech that just hammered you away or to hold on to till you're in a good position to use it isn't too bad.

Also...

If you don't put any points into Mental she'll have a 8+ base not 7 ;)

Still fun looker you get there
This message was last edited by the player at 14:44, Wed 07 Dec 2011.

In reply to 2nd Lt. Crispin McAlister (msg #157):

Yes, typo.  I really did consider giving her a one in mental so she wouldnt be a total dullard, but then i decided it might be fun to RP a total ditz.  When i start looking at swapping over to a mech with LRM's, i'll give mental a harder look for indirect weapon fire, but for simple SRM's she wont need the stat.

She's not going to be commanding a lance (or you guys better hope she's not.) nor fixing her mech or planting explosives so it's good i think.

Guess i'll wait to see if we have a couple of more players to muster into the unit.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:14, Wed 07 Dec 2011.

Dont forget, mechwarriors are only trained in small arms, so 'heavy' stuff like support weapons and the like, would be at a penalty of -2 for her to use, unless she was cross trained for infantry.

Except her 2 ranks in missiles would effectively negate that penalty.  She wouldn't be the missile meistro with that LAW but she still could hit a target and not limit herself to the broadside of an unmoving huge red barn.

maybe, but having a law in your cockpit, has to be some sort of safty violation?

then again, she probably got an 'F' in that class so that might be a good excuse, but the one shot aspect worries me.  The pulse laser pistol is a better long term weapon.

Turn status....
Command Lace.
waiting on Devlin (and Nate)

Fire/Support lance.
Johan, please put orders in for Thantos.  Till he shows, presume he's an npc
Also waiting on Caitlin.

Bravo
Waiting for official post on where and how youre proceding?

(Then we go into watching the red head blow stuff up)

Most definitely it's a good weapon and a solid backup that when Wu finally gets that phys down and some cred he may look at it to supplent the auto-pistol he has so that he can share power packs between weapons if needed.

Fire Lance phase updated, everyone has something to do as eridani's resolve final moves and weapon fires.

okay, really... going to bed now, bye~

Pegasus 411, is a modified Pegasus Scout Hover Tank.

The game was originaly named after the tank, and was suppose to be a player crew in the tank, but that didnt work out well, so it became a more traditional mech based game.

The tank is still part of the unit though.  Nate saw the split of units, and decided that the Command lance was going to need help, and put a call in to have Pegasus 411, diverted from patrol to come help at Echo POint.

ah cool.

Bad time for me to lose initiative, lol.

Christmas with Althea:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...=channel_video_title

O.o

I originally thought it was going to take 2~3 weeks to resolve everything, with the smart money on Command lance finishing first.

Now... it looks closer to 10~14 days, with the command lance finishing last.

I'm told Thantos is moving in real life so he's offline for a bit.  Good time to try and recruit some more players i guess.  Going to bump the players wanted request.  If you know anyone that might be interested in the game, send them my way.

well in all honesty, bravo would've lasted a bit logner if i hadn't had to roll so terrible twice so soon.

Also Wu, please tell me you actually killed that guy, if you did i think i mgiht not blow my stealth on the 4th roll, LOL.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:28, Mon 12 Dec 2011.

...and the Fire/Support lance would have went longer if Crispin didnt turn the Raven into a fission bomb.

Hey Crispin!...

creating pretty explosions is MY job!

 He didn't did he???????????
OMFG, I will be so upset at him.

Waiting for Amos to post his weapon fires, though i might just move the turn along since Crispins move sort of trumps most activity in the last turn.

Not in a nuclear sort of way, at least no on purpose.

I really want's trying to make a fission bomb...honestly.

Okay... Fire/Support Lance... sorta resolved, in an explosive fashion.

Bravo's sort of in a similiar boat, which leaves Command to resolve.

New Auctions are up.

You can put bids in, but it wont be resolving till after Command Lance's Battle is resolved.

Warning, link has political views on the SOPA act.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...G2e6f47cFAAAAAAAAAAA

Just thought this had to be shared ASAP.

If... Lances want to make a private message thread to discuss tactics/strategy, please do, and i promise not to look at the thread, at least while the mission is active.  (Curiosity might have me take a peek after the mission is over)
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:40, Mon 19 Dec 2011.